Ever had to hire a salesman? Try the chicken test. “You’re an understudy for a famous stage actor. On opening night, he breaks his leg. This is it! Powerful critics and producers await your performance. The role: pantomime chicken. You’re on!” If the aspiring salesman gets up and hops around, squawking like a chicken, they’ve passed Part A. Part B: the salesman must perform Part A of the chicken test on salesman B. Oh, instruct salesman B not to do a damn thing salesman A says. I reckon a great writer must possess the same blend of subservience to the rules of grammar, and dominance over readers. Which accounts for the fact that writers outnumber good writers by such a wide margin.
Oh, the Clichés are Ripe on This One
So that’s the type of person that drives a Windstar . . .
Not the Brightest Bulb in the Annunciator
Again from FlightBlogger—a new goldmine for TTAG—is a comment chock full of errors. I pray to Murphy that this guy has never worked on nor will work on any plane I will fly in the future. In six lines I count fifteen errors. That’s a terrible ratio, Buzzy.
Hanger vs. Hangar
The above pic is from the United States Air Force Thunderbirds history page. Note that it uses the wrong homophone.
Costco, Costco, Costco. No E in Tasty!
And what is up with the extraneous space in zesty?
PayPal, Go Suck a Fat One
How I feel about PayPal